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MPA Federal Advisory Committee - FAC Meetings Agenda

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Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee
Oregon Coast Aquarium
2820 SE Ferry Slip Road
Newport, Oregon
October 10-12, 2006


Tuesday, October 10

8:00 Sign-In by All Participants

8:30 Call to Order

8:35 Committee Business
 
  • Approval of Minutes of April 2006 meeting
  • Review of Agenda
8:45 Update from Subcommittees

9:30 Draft National System Framework: Update and Discussion
 
  • Joseph Uravitch and Jonathan Kelsey, National Marine Protected Areas Center
10:00 Break

10:15 National System Framework Discussion (continued)

11:15 MPAs, Ecosystem Approaches to Management and Ocean Zoning
 
  • Gail Osherenko, University of California, Santa Barbara
12:00 Chair's Direction to Subcommittees

12:15 Working Lunch - Subcommittees Meet
 
  • Subcommittee 1: Identifying Regional Priorities for Conservation
  • Subcommittee 2: Incentives and Implementation for an Effective National System of MPAs
  • Subcommittee 3: MPA Natural and Social Science

1:15 Subcommittees Meet (continued)

2:45 Break

3:0 Subcommittee 3: Report Out on Ecosystem Approaches To Management; Committee Discussion and Comment

4:00 Public Comments

5:00 Adjourn

6:00 Reception at Oregon Coast Aquarium (for FAC members and invited guests). Film: "Common Ground: Oregon's Ocean" with an introduction by the filmmaker, Karen Anspacher-Myer.

 

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Wednesday, October 11

 
8:00 Call to Order

8:10 Panel: MPAs in Oregon
Moderator: Mark Hixon
 
  • Scott McMullen, Chair, and Jim Good, Vice Chair Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Committee
  • Jessica Hamilton, Office of the Governor, Oregon
9:30 Tribal MPA Policies and Conservation Strategies in the Pacific Northwest
 
  • Jim Woods, Makah Tribe
  • Dave Hatch, Confederated Tribes of Siletz
10:15 Break

10:30 MPA Lessons Learned from Australia and New Zealand
 
  • Dr. Daniel Bromley, Chair
10:45 Subcommittee Reports and Committee Feedback

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Subcommittees Meet

5:00 Adjourn

7:30 Committee Dinner

 

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Thursday, October 12

8:00 Call to Order

8:05 Public Comment

9:00 Case Study: Implementing the California Marine Life Protection Act
 
  • Dr. John Kirlin, Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
10:00 West Coast Pilot: Tools and Techniques for Implementing the National System on the West Coast
 
  • Dr. Charles Wahle, Science Institute Director
  • Sarah Fisher, Pacific Regional Coordinator
  • Dr. Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, National Ecologist
  • Dr. Brian Jordan, Cultural Resource Coordinator
10:45 Break

11:00 Subcommittees Meet

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Subcommittees Report Out, Committee Discussion and Deliberation

3:30 Break

3:45 Committee Business
 
  • Election of Chair and Vice Chair
  • Follow up for next meeting
  • Logistics for next meeting
  • Other items
4:30 Adjourn

 

Friday, October 13 - FIELD VISIT

AM Visit to Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
 
  • Visitor's Center and Overview
  • Yaquina Head Lighthouse Tour
  • Tidepooling
Lunch

PM Visit to Oregon Coastal Refuges (details TBD)

 

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